Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Sunday, Dec 21
Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Sunday: - - - - SOCCER Premier League Newcastle United v Sunderland (1330) Liverpool v Arsenal (1600) Arsenal visit Liverpool after Tyne-Wear derby LONDON - Arsenal can move level on points with fifth-placed Southampton in the Premier League if they win at struggling Liverpool after mid-table Newcastle United host lowly Sunderland in the Tyne-Wear derby. (SOCCER-ENGLAND/ (PIX), expect from 1530 GMT/1030 AM ET, by Martyn Herman, 650 words) - - La Liga Granada CF v Getafe (1600) Elche v Malaga (1800) Athletic Club v Atletico Madrid (2000) Atletico aim to reignite title challenge BARCELONA - Champions Atletico Madrid aim to get their La Liga title bid back on track at Athletic Bilbao after a home defeat by Villarreal last weekend. (SOCCER-SPAIN/ (PIX), expect by 2200 GMT/5 PM ET, by Tim Hanlon, 300 words) - - Serie A (1400 unless stated) Atalanta Bergamo v Palermo Fiorentina v Empoli Sampdoria v Udinese Torino v Genoa Inter Milan v Lazio (1945) Fourth-placed Lazio visit mid-table Inter as teams eye third ROME - Lazio, Sampdoria and Genoa all have the chance to move above third-placed Napoli with wins in Serie A but the Rome club have the most attractive fixture when they travel to Roberto Mancini's struggling Inter Milan in the late game. (SOCCER-ITALY/ (PIX), expect from 2145 GMT/4:45 PM ET 500 words) - - Ligue 1 Olympique Marseille v Lille (1300) St Etienne v Evian Thonon Gaillard FC (1600) Girondins Bordeaux v Olympique Lyon (2000) Marseille look to enjoy break as Ligue 1 leaders PARIS - Olympique de Marseille will spend the winter break as Ligue 1 leaders if they beat Lille at home but a slip up could see Olympique Lyonnais take top spot with all three points at Girondins de Bordeaux. (SOCCER-FRANCE/ (PIX), expect by 1500 GMT/10 AM ET, by Julien Pretot, 300 words) - - Bundesliga Hertha Berlin v Hoffenheim (1430) Freiburg v Hanover 96 (1630) Freiburg desperate for win to move off the bottom BERLIN - Freiburg, without a win in five games, will be desperate to beat visiting Hanover 96 and send last season's Bundesliga runners-up Borussia Dortmund to the bottom of the standings at the start of the winter break. (SOCCER-GERMANY/, expect by 1630 GMT/11:30 AM ET, by Karolos Grohmann, 350 words) - - Dutch Championship (1330 unless stated) Excelsior v Ajax Amsterdam NAC Breda v Feyenoord Twente Enschede v Willem II Tilburg (1545) Ajax aim to move within four points of leaders PSV AMSTERDAM - Second-placed Ajax Amsterdam aim to move back within four points of Dutch league leaders PSV Eindhoven with a victory at lowly Excelsior. (SOCCER-DUTCH/, expect by 1530 GMT/10:30 AM ET, by Geert Beckers, 400 words) - - Club World Cup review Club World Cup still a hit outside Europe MARRAKECH, Morocco - Greeted with overwhelming indifference in Europe, the Club World Cup is still seen as the pinnacle of club football elsewhere as thousands of San Lorenzo fans demonstrated this week. (SOCCER-CLUB/ANALYSIS, by Brian Homewood, moving shortly, 600 words) - - - - ALPINE SKIING Vonn will have to wait until 2015 for record win VAL D'ISERE, France - Lindsey Vonn will have to wait until the New Year for a record-equalling women's World Cup victory after she crashed in a Super-G won by Austria's Elisabeth Goergl. (ALPINE SKIING/, by Manuele Lang, moved, 380 words) - - - - NFL Lots of playoff spots up for grabs The Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay Packers, Seattle Seahawks and New Orleans Saints will be chasing NFC playoff berths while the Cincinnati Bengals, Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens seek AFC spots on the penultimate weekend of the NFL regular season. (NFL/ (PIX), expect first copy by 0115 GMT/8:15 PM ET, 500 words) - - Cardinals and Seahawks square off in NFC West showdown The playoff-bound Arizona Cardinals, forced to turn to backup quarterback Ryan Lindley, go for an eighth straight home win when they face the aggressive defense of reigning Super Bowl champions the Seattle Seahawks in a showdown that will likely decide the NFC West title. (NFL-CARDINALS/, (PIX), expect by 0545 GMT/1245 AM ET, 400 words) - - - - NBA James and Cavaliers take on Grizzlies LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers face a major test at home when they meet the Memphis Grizzlies, who have the second-best record in the NBA, in one of nine games on the schedule. (NBA-HIGHLIGHTS/ (PIX), expect by 0430 GMT/11:30 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 800 words) - - - - NHL Red Wings look to end skid against Avalanche The Detroit Red Wings will try to snap a five-game losing streak and stay in contention in the Atlantic Division when they take on the visiting Colorado Avalanche, the Central Division's worst team, in one of the six games on the National Hockey League schedule. (NHL-HIGHLIGHTS/ (PIX), expect by 0430 GMT/11:30 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 600 words) - - - - NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS Roundups of off-field developments in the major North American professional sports leagues. (expect by 0101 GMT/8:01 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words) (London desk editor: Alan Baldwin)
